Tuesday, September 21, 2004
I had worship team practice tonight. Good set.
Come, Now is the Time to Worship
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?
Never Gonna Stop
Tenderly
He Knows My Name
Ate Rachel shared a story that we'll end up relaying to the congregation on Sunday. The story goes that there was this African-American woman who went to Africa to help out at one of the hospitals there. The hospital was packed with patients dying of AIDS. A short distance away, she saw a number of holes dug on the ground. When she asked about them, she was told that those were graves that were already dug out in anticipation of the inevitable deaths of the AIDS patients. The situation was so bad that many times they were forced to bury multiple bodies in a single unmarked grave. She came to realize that even though people may not necessarily know who is buried where, our wonderful God, who has created each star in the sky and calls them by name, knows each and every single person there and cares about them. That's when we lead in to the song He Knows My Name.
I think it's an appropriate story, considering Gertrude from Uganda will be visiting the church on Sunday. Also, Joe mentioned that he's planning to go to South Africa in June. He was saying how one reason AIDS is so widespread there especially among young girls is because of the hunger problem. Rich men or men with food would come over to the villages and offer food for sex. Crazy...
Come, Now is the Time to Worship
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?
Never Gonna Stop
Tenderly
He Knows My Name
Ate Rachel shared a story that we'll end up relaying to the congregation on Sunday. The story goes that there was this African-American woman who went to Africa to help out at one of the hospitals there. The hospital was packed with patients dying of AIDS. A short distance away, she saw a number of holes dug on the ground. When she asked about them, she was told that those were graves that were already dug out in anticipation of the inevitable deaths of the AIDS patients. The situation was so bad that many times they were forced to bury multiple bodies in a single unmarked grave. She came to realize that even though people may not necessarily know who is buried where, our wonderful God, who has created each star in the sky and calls them by name, knows each and every single person there and cares about them. That's when we lead in to the song He Knows My Name.
I think it's an appropriate story, considering Gertrude from Uganda will be visiting the church on Sunday. Also, Joe mentioned that he's planning to go to South Africa in June. He was saying how one reason AIDS is so widespread there especially among young girls is because of the hunger problem. Rich men or men with food would come over to the villages and offer food for sex. Crazy...
